Compliance Specialist (High Risk Accounts Approval)
Phone: +971********* (UAE), 017******** (Bangladesh) Address: 2517, Al Buhaira Building,
Al Nahda, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Email: ********@*****.***
Mohammad Jahir Uddin Bhuiyan, CAMS
To seek a responsible position with an opportunity for professional challenges at AML and Compliance department in a major and reputed Bank or Financial Organization to use my skills in the best possible way for achieving the company`s goals and as well as the personal growth.
EXPERIENCE
Emirates NBD Bank
Compliance Specialist (High Risk Accounts Approval) August 10, 2022- Present
Identifying, verifying, documenting and escalating the irregularities based on gap analysis conducted on all available legal documentation for internal verification and remediation to High Risk Accounts final approval. Responsible for the pre on boarding reviews of the high risk accounts, carrying out the enhanced due diligence activities and customer screening to protect and mitigate the Compliance and Sanctions related risks for the Retail Bank. Review of the OWC delisting activity and assist Business units in getting GC approvals. Review of account opening documentation to identify the account structure and identify verify the customers as required. Checking EDD profiles for completeness and verification to determine plausibility based on the information provided or any inconsistency detected.
Apply a risk based approach while conducting account reviews, conduct necessary enhanced due diligence to be in line with the Banks policies procedures and guidelines.
With regards to PEP accounts preparation of submission packs for senior management approvals. Conducting onboarding migrations and periodic reviews as required by the policy. Conducting onboarding EDD reviews of investment accounts. Conducting onboarding EDD reviews of corporate accounts. First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), Abu Dhabi, UAE
FCC Case Investigations
January 10, 2021 - August 05, 2022
Perform a role as a FCC case Investigator in the FCC Case team. Perform duties such as Transaction Monitoring, Global Name Screening, Internal List Management, Media Monitoring/Screening, Alert/Risk Event Investigation and investigation. Support and guide relevant stakeholders to make decisions based on current and possible future policies, practices, and trends.
Conduct UAT testing if required for introducing new scenario in Alerts Management System. Ensure timely reporting and escalation of significant AML/CFT risk issues to MLRO Team. Coordinate with the relevant operations units to ensure that the relevant lists and database used in screening, transaction monitoring and investigation are up to date and relevant, so that effective escalation of issues is achieved and risk managed. Ensure the suitability and quality of case data maintained on enterprise case management systems. Ensure quality assurance is in place on transaction monitoring and customer name screening. Provide advice and support to the Bank’s business units on the identification of areas of risk as a result of transaction monitoring trends.
Attend to and action requests from Correspondent Banks, Central Bank, Police, Regulators and Government Departments whenever required.
Support MLRO Team with any complex investigations as required. Day to day processing of Transaction Monitoring (TM) and Name Screening (NS) cases in line with prescribed procedures and in a timely manner within agreed TAT’s whilst maintaining Quality Control/Quality Assurance results in line with Group and local expectations.
Ensure timely initiation of any follow up actions to effectively process alerts in TM and NS with clear narratives. Reporting Internal SAR’s for cases escalated through FCC screening or transaction monitoring processes to MLRO. UAE Exchange, Dubai, UAE
Cluster Compliance Office (AML & CFT)
April 12, 2012 - November 24, 2020
Act as a Cluster Compliance Office (AML & CFT) for seven different business profile branches. Implement & execute the Regulations issued by the Central Bank of UAE and the Compliance Program of “The Company” at the Branch level.
Collaborate with internal/external auditors and CB examiners. Maintain oversight on the customer on-boarding and periodic review of the customers. Responsible in analyzing alerts generated by transaction monitoring system as well as other non-automated cases with financial crime or money laundering concern; and its follow up actions. Ensure suspicious transactions are thoroughly investigated and file ISTR (if required) to Head of Compliance for review and decision.
Perform more extensive due diligence for high risk amounts/ countries/ customers including proactive monitoring for suspicious activities.
Educate the staff in the respective branches regarding AML and CTF matters and this Compliance Manual Coordinate AML audits at the branch level.
Manage and respond timely to the enquiries initiated by the AML-Compliance Department. Develop and conduct AML/CFT training programs regularly considering all relevant risks of ML/FT and financing illicit organizations including the ways/means for addressing them. Performing the due diligence on new Clients, requesting the KYC information, documentation, review and verification of received documentation and making an analytical risk assessment for new Clients. Periodical review of KYC records as to completeness, including verifying that due diligence has been performed and that CBC
(due diligence) standards are complied with; also that the files and risk assessments are current and up to date. Investigating high risk clients and reporting where necessary, including Politically Exposed Persons, and obtaining all necessary documentation to complete the client file. Perform further investigation on identified suspicious client and client’s transactions and report to Chief compliance officer. EDUCATION
Stamford University Bangladesh
Bachelor of Arts in English
2004 - 2008
Major in English Literature
Obtain CGPA 2.87 out of 4
CERTIFICATIONS
CAMS
ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) Dec 2021
SPECIALIZATION
Fields of Specialization
KYC
CDD & EDD
PEPs screening
High risk & Sanctions screening
Transaction Monitoring
ISTR
Compliance Management
Customer Service
Team working
Trainer
TRAINING SUMMARY
Internal Compliance Certification Program
Risk & Regulatory Compliance
Duration: 1 day
Conducted by: UAE Exchange
Financial Crime Compliance Course
AML & CTF, TBML, SAR & Transaction monitoring, Sanctions, Anti Bribery & Anti Corruption, CDD & PEPs Duration: 48 hours
Conducted by: Visionary mindset
Information Security Awareness Training
Email security, Cyber Crime & security
Duration: 1 day
Conducted by: UAE Exchange
Information Security
Importance of Data Security
Duration: 1 day
Conducted by: Thomson Reuters Risk Management Solutions Anti Bribery and Anti Corruption (Global)
Ways of ABC & Prevention
Duration: 1 day
Conducted by: Thomson Reuters Risk Management Solutions Financial Crime
Ways of Financial Crime & Prevention
Duration: 1 day
Conducted by: Thomson Reuters Risk Management Solutions Fraud Prevention (Global)
Ways of Fraud Prevention
Duration: 1 day
Conducted by: Thomson Reuters Risk Management Solutions AML(Anti Money Laundering) Training
AML & CTF
Duration: 1 day
Conducted by: UAE Exchange
AML Corporate Training
Trade Base Money Laundering (TBML)
Duration: 1 day
Conducted by: UAE Exchange
LANGUAGES
Bengali (Native), English (Full professional proficiency), Hindi (Professional working proficiency) PERSONAL DETAILS
Father's Name: Md Mofiz Uddin Bhuiyan
Mother's Name: Ms Rokeya Begum
Date of Birth: 20th December 1983
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Bangladeshi
Religion: Islam
Native Address: Post Office: Village: Shahapur, East Shahapur, Barura, Cumilla 3510, Bangladesh RECOMMENDATIONS
Farhan Riaz
Manager Governance- High Risk Accounts approval unit Emirates NBD
RBWM – Governance Department
P Building – 3rd floor, Meydan, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Contact no: +971-*********, +971 (0) 4 609 4267
Email: *******@***********.***
Guruprasad K
VP- AML Monitoring
First Abu Dhabi Bank
One FAB Tower, Khalifa Road, Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates
Contact no: +971*********, +971-*-*******
Email: **********.*@*******.***